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Your Opinion on what I should do with this bass

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guitarsabeaton

Feb 18, 2011
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#1
Hey Everybody,

I recently was given a Vantage bass guitar by a relative. I am left handed and the bass is right handed. I was thinking of flipping the nut around and put the strap button on the other cutaway and playing it upside down, but it is a vintage bass. I was wondering what your opinion is for me to do with it.

Thanks!
 
#8
You can't just flip the nut, because a properly cut slot should be angled so it's higher at the fretboard edge than at the tuner edge. This gives the strings a clean "break" right at the edge of the nut.

If you flip the nut, your scale length would be about 34-1/8" which would make it difficult to intonate the instrument.

Sell the bass. People call everything "vintage" thinking that increases its value.
 
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Pilgrim said:
How about a picture???????????
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Sorry for the bad pictures. I had to use my iPhone.

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guitarsabeaton said:
Hey Everybody,

I recently was given a Vantage bass guitar by a relative. I am left handed and the bass is right handed. I was thinking of flipping the nut around and put the strap button on the other cutaway and playing it upside down, but it is a vintage bass. I was wondering what your opinion is for me to do with it.

Thanks!
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I was going to suggest just learning to play it right handed (if you haven't already learned to play yet, which you didn't mention in this post), but then in one of your more recent posts you mentioned having other basses already (assuming bases on what you've told us so far, that you already play left-handed). I'm left-handed, but I play bass right-handed. To me it's a lot easier (with my dominant hand on the neck), not to mention not having the limited selection.

That said, I agree that not everything said to be "vintage" is worth anything. Some basses (like my Yamaha BB300) are of vintage age, but are just plain old. Still love to play it, and with the mods I've had done to it, it sounds stellar. Like others here I think maybe your best bet is to just sell it and buy another lefty bass (or just pocket the money).
 
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ProgRocker said:
I was going to suggest just learning to play it right handed (if you haven't already learned to play yet, which you didn't mention in this post), but then in one of your more recent posts you mentioned having other basses already (assuming bases on what you've told us so far, that you already play left-handed). I'm left-handed, but I play bass right-handed. To me it's a lot easier (with my dominant hand on the neck), not to mention not having the limited selection.

That said, I agree that not everything said to be "vintage" is worth anything. Some basses (like my Yamaha BB300) are of vintage age, but are just plain old. Still love to play it, and with the mods I've had done to it, it sounds stellar. Like others here I think maybe your best bet is to just sell it and buy another lefty bass (or just pocket the money).
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Yeah, sorry, I should have mentioned that I play bass left handed. I'm going to the pawn shop tomorrow and I'll see what I can get for it. If I get a unreasonably low offer, it'll be on craigslist. I'm saving for a MacBook so that will be a big help.
 
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I did end up selling it. I sorta went against what you guys said. I took it to my local Guitar Center. I was offered $50, but ended up negotiating and I got $95. Before I went, I looked at completed auctions on eBay and they were going for $135. So I think I got a good deal. So in the end it's gone and I'm typing this on my new laptop. So it's a win-win for all of us.
 

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